VAL PENNY

Thanks for inviting me onto your blog today, to talk about the themes within the Kindred Spirits series. I am thrilled you were willing...

Each of us writes because we want to. We write because of a passion to share our ideas, our stories, and our information with those who...

Before you start writing a book, accept that the undertaking is a marathon, not a sprint. It will require time, imaginationa dn...

Writers are filled with ideas, but in order to turn those ideas into pages, they need a consistent writing routine. Often, finding enough...

It is a delight to welcome Scottish author James Edgar Gault to the website today to offer his writing advice to my readers. Over to you,...

1. Before you put pen to paper or start typing, it is always worthwhile thinking about what you are doing. Firstly for yourself, and then...

Plotting your novel can be an enormous challenge. You may have taken time to begin developing your world and your characters, the moral...

If you have ever been afflicted with writer's block, you know it is no laughing matter because it can impede your writing for days,...

Hi, Val. Thanks for inviting me onto your blog today. It is always a pleasure to host you, Angela. Thank you for your time. Now over to...

Before my debut novel, a thriller entitled Torn, was published late last year, I had always been fascinated by how authors use settings...

The dream. I had an idea for a book, wrote it down whilst munching on a sandwich and watching television, sent it off to a publisher,...

Consider the advantages and disadvantages of some main routes to publication before you proceed to allow your work to meet the world....

Detective Sergeant Jane Renwick is one of the main female characters in my Edinburgh Crime series of novels. It is, therefore fitting...

I am delighted to welcome author Wintour Krueger today to inform and inspire authors as how to benefit most by using Instagram. Her debut...

Edinburgh is Scotland's compact, hilly capital. It has a medieval Old Town and elegant Georgian New Town with gardens and neoclassical...

I am pleased to welcome Canadian author Tom Halford to my website today to discuss why he combines characters while he is drafting a...

It is my pleasure to welcome American author, Steve J Hermann from Chicago, Illinios. Steve will discuss wuth us the struggles he has...

I have recently read several inexperienced writers discussing the themes of their works. One suggested their themes always put their...

It is a pleasure to have bestselling author, Sue Moorcroft, share her thoughts and experience of the importance of prologues today. Thank...

Hunter's Chase is the first novel in the series of novels, The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries and writing it was an exciting challenge. First,...